User:DuncanCrowe

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Hi,

I'm editing wikipedia under my real name (for now). I'm currently a Philosophy student at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. I'm pretty much a wikipedia novice, but I've been making the odd edit here and there and thought I might as well make myself an account to go with them. I have a fairly diverse range of interests both within and outwith philosophy, but my principle areas of concern are the Philosophy of Mind, particularly the work of Daniel Dennett, Metaethics particularly the work of Simon Blackburn, Political Philosophy, particularly Liberalism, certain areas in the Philosophy of Language and Metaphysics - mainly concerned with Reference - and the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein and David Hume.

Outside of philosophy I'm an activist for the Liberal Democrats and for my sins am chair of Cambridge Student Liberal Democrats and I've been known to row badly on occasion for my college's boat club. Before coming to Cambridge I lived in Rutherglen and attended Stonelaw High School.


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[edit] Philosophy Task List

WikiProject Philosophy task list
  • German Idealism and almost all the articles related to it need to be either rewritten or expanded, because a wikipedia user called Lestrade has, among other things, taken it upon himself to imbue each page with bias in favour of Schopenhauer, who he attempts to present as having the last say in everything. This is a terrible thing to do, because German Idealism is such an important period in philosophy, whose influence is still strongly felt today.
  • Protected Values first section confuses right action and values and needs a copy edit, moving and wikifying
  • Ludwig Wittgenstein is having its FA status reviewed due to a couple of concerns. Help save Ludwig! See Wikipedia:Featured article review/Ludwig Wittgenstein for requirements for retaining FA status.
  • Quality (philosophy) needs a more clear explanation.
  • Socratic dialogues could do with some tidying and clarification. See the talk page for one suggested change.
  • Problem of universals: The introductory definition is (perhaps) fixed. But, the article is poor. Check out the German version.
  • Teleology: the article is shallow and inconsistent.
  • Existentialism: the quality of this article varies wildly and is in desperate need of expert attention.
  • Star of Sophia Vote for or nominate someone you think is deserving!
  • Analytic_philosophy This is a very major topic, but still has several sections which are stubs, and several topics which are not covered.
  • Inverse (logic) This article makes me wish that there were a fail grade on the quality scale. Someone should rewrite it.
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